Scenic apparatus.



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Patented October 2'7, 1903.

WILLIAM A. HADDEN, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

SCENIC; APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part oi Letters To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. HADDEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved ScenicApparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in devices in which a series ofpictures arranged in various attitudes gives the illusion of movementwhen consecutively and rapidly brought before a persons vision; and anobject is to provide a device of this character in which the picturesare stationary, while the illusion of movement is given to a person orpersons while passing rapidly along the series of illustrations in arailway-car, particularly in a subway or tunnel.

Another object is to provide an electric illuminating device for thepictures, the circuit of which is controlledby the passing train.

I will describe a scenic apparatus emhodying myinvention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section on the line 00 w ofFig. 2, of a scenic apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is asection on the line y 1 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 2z of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a casing designed to be securedto a wall of a tunnel adjacent to a railway-track, or it may be securedto other supports when used on a surface railway. This casing is dividedinto a plurality of compartments 2, each compartment having side walls3, which are inclined from the sides inward, and between the side wallsis a sight-opening a. By thus inclining the side walls only one picturearranged in a compartment will come within the vision of a personpassing the device. The bottom walls 5 of the compartments are hinged,so that they may be swung downward whenit is desired to change theseries of pictures. The top walls 6 of the compartments are alsoinclined downward and forward,and arranged inward of said top walls areilluminating devices, here shown as electric incandescent Patent No.742,632, dated October 2'7, 1903.

Application filed January 31, 1903. Serial No. 141,287. (No model.)

I lamps '7, connected in series. One terminal of the electric lamps hereshown has a terminal 8, which is connected to one of the trackrails9,and the other terminal 10 is attached to a metal plate 11, extendedalong the track, so that the wheel or wheels of a car will close thecircuit by the tread engaging with the track and with the plate 11.

As before stated, the casing 1 will be secured adjacent to arailway-track between stations, and therefore the passengers carried bythe train will see the pictures one at a time and in consecutive order,and as the pictures are in various attitudes the illusion of movementwill be given.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a scenic apparatus, a casing divided intocompartments, each compartment having inclined sidewalls, picturesarranged in the compartments, illuminating devices in the compartments,and means operated by a passing car or train for controlling theilluminating devices.

2. In a scenic apparatus, a fixed casing divided into a plurality ofcompartments, each compartment having inclined side walls, a series ofpictures in the compartments, the said pictures being of the samecharacter, but consecutively in different attitudes, inclined top wallsfor the compartments, and illuminating devicesunderneath the said topwalls.

3. In a scenic apparatus, a fixed casing adjacent to a railway-track,the said casing being divided into a plurality of compartments,illustrations in the compartments, means for screening the illustrationof one compartment from the illustration of another compartment,electric lamps in the compartments and connected in series, one terminalof the electric circuit being connected to a railway-track, and acontact-plate adjacent to the railwaytrack and having connection withthe other terminal.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM A. HADDEN.

'Vitnessesi J NO. 11. Kuwait, 0. R. FERGUSON.

